What are words for?

Ahhh… I am back from Rejuvenation Day Spa, where I somehow forgot I had scheduled a 90-minute massage – did I mention the extravagance? – and where I spent the entire blissful lavender-orange-tarragon scented time thinking about my blog. Wacky, I know. But I have not been able to get the “word thing” off my mind.

Lightness. What does that mean to me? What do I want, in positively-stated terms? I already decided on some categories, and sort of correlated them with my old “Release” categories:

Lighten My Heart – Health Worries and Stress Released

Lighten My Life – Perfectionism and Procrastination Released

Lighten The Load – Clutter Released

Lighten Myself – Excess Body Fat Released

Lighten Up! – Blog-related content

So, if these categories are what I want, what are the positive ways to think of each one? Or, to put it another way, what do I want?

I want to use my time well. I want to live in a beautiful, orderly home. I want to take good care of myself. I want to fill my mind with positive thoughts. I want to live a life that is joyful and relaxing and filled with laughter and good times with people I love.

So, let’s look at those categories again:

Lighten My Heart – Health Worries and Stress ReleasedTo live a life that is joyful and relaxing, and to fill my mind with positive thoughts.

Lighten My Life – Perfectionism and Procrastination ReleasedTo use my time well and make healthy, realistic choices.

Lighten The Load – Clutter ReleasedTo live in a beautiful, orderly, clutter-free home.

Isn’t it exciting? She was so thrilled to see the PET scan from May side-by-side with yesterday’s scan and see that the radition and chemo had gotten everything. They’ll check again in January, but they feel pretty confident. Praise the Lord!